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Stack #36417
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Motives for imperialism | economic, political, religious, exploritory, ideaological |
| direct rule | a system of government wherein the central government controls the states or provinces |
| protectorate | -A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region. -The protected country or region. |
| Sphere of Influence | A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation. |
| "White Mans Burden" | belief that Europeans should take care of others. it encouraged imperialism because it was for the glory of the country |
| Congress of Berlin | where the decision was made about which European Countries got which parts of Africa; England got the most, Germany got the least |
| Boer War | Britian forced the Dutch away from their colony in south africa up north. (Great Trek) it eventually showed the British the "bottomless depths of their unpopularity" |
| "this magnificent African Cake" | Leopold II about claiming Congo for Belgium |
| Berlin-Bagdad railway | Built by Germany, railroad of international importance linking Europe with Asia Minor and the Middle East. Great Britain saw this as a direct threat to its empire in India. |
| Raj | the British rule over India |
| Sepoy Rebellion | revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India |
| Opium Wars | two wars between China and Western countries. first was between Great Britain and China over Britian smuggling opium into China. China lost and signed the Treaty of Nanjing. second was over an alleged search of a registered British ship. china lost again |
| extra-territorial rights | if a British man commited a crime in Asia, he had the option of going back to Britain for the trail. more ofton, the British judge would let the crimial off |
| Open Door policy | America's free trade with China |
| Boxer Rebellion | (blank) |
| Russo-Japanese War | war between the "superior" Russians and the "inferior" Japanese. Japan attacked first and destroyed Russian fleet at Port Arthur. This proved that Non-europeans can beat europeans and they began to overthrow imperialism |
| trans-Siberian railroad | (blank) |
| "Cuba libre" | Spainish mistreating Cuba, they want US involvment. TR said "this country needs a war" in 1895 |
| "remember the Maine" | 1898 USS Maine exploded in Havana, Cuba- thus war on spain |
| Spanish American War | 4 month war, America defeats Spainish Navyin Cuba and Philippnes. (Admiral Dewey) |
| Monroe Doctrine (and Theodore Roosevelt cololary) | (blank) |
| J A Hobson | agreed with Lenin that governments should not look in other areas, but put capital within their own society in order to better it |
| Rudyard Kipling | wrote poem "White Mans Burden" |
| Matabele | (blank) |
| Boers | A Dutch colonist in South Africa. Usually farmers |
| Manchus | (blank) |
| Mughals | (blank) |
| Disraeli | (blank) |
| David Livingstone | a Scotsman, who was a medical missionary, discovered the flow of the Zambesi River |
| Henry Stanley | Influenced by ideological and economic motives. He had the classic veiws of European Countries. |
| Leopold II | wanted a "piece of this magnificent African cake" for Belguim |
| General Gordon | British General in the second Opium war |
| Cecil Rhodes | Prime Minister of Cape Colony during the Boer war. He wanted to build a railroad from Cape to Cairo |
| Two areas in Africa not occupied by Europeans | Liberia and ethopia |
| Egypt and the Suez canal | owned by Britain and one of the most powerful places to control as the canal connected the mediterranean and the red sea |
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